Torture Script is a performance testing tool for the [[Linux]]/[[Unix]]-based web servers that is developed by Lincoln Stein of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, using the [[Perl]] scripting language.

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Torture Script is a performance testing tool for the [[Linux]]/[[UNIX]]-based web servers that is developed by Lincoln Stein of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, using the [[Perl]] scripting language.

The Torture Script isn't rigorously normalized for cross-server comparisons but it can help developers to modify the [[CGI]] script, module, or template processor etc. and check for security holes in the server by measuring changes on a single Web server, particularly by analyzing impact of a configuration change on the web server performance, as and when the changes are applied in the code.

The Torture Script isn't rigorously normalized for cross-server comparisons but it can help developers to modify the [[CGI]] script, module, or template processor etc. and check for security holes in the server by measuring changes on a single Web server, particularly by analyzing impact of a configuration change on the web server performance, as and when the changes are applied in the code.

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The Torture Script can on the command-line by giving it the name of a URL to fetch and analyze for transaction rate, throughput, byte transferred, elapsed time, concurrency etc.

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The Torture Script can on the command-line by giving it the name of a [[URL]] to fetch and analyze for transaction rate, throughput, byte transferred, elapsed time, concurrency etc.

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Torture Script is a performance testing tool for the Linux/UNIX-based web servers that is developed by Lincoln Stein of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, using the Perl scripting language.

The Torture Script continually sends increasing amounts of random data at
increasingly shorter intervals to the web servers until they crash and become unusable. In this way, the Torture Script works by launching a type of DoS (Denial-of-service attack) on the Web servers.

The Torture Script is based on the Perl's abilities to multitask on Unix (and Linux) platforms. The Torture Script tests the speed, responsiveness, stability and reliability of a Web server.

The Torture Script isn't rigorously normalized for cross-server comparisons but it can help developers to modify the CGI script, module, or template processor etc. and check for security holes in the server by measuring changes on a single Web server, particularly by analyzing impact of a configuration change on the web server performance, as and when the changes are applied in the code.

The Torture Script can on the command-line by giving it the name of a URL to fetch and analyze for transaction rate, throughput, byte transferred, elapsed time, concurrency etc.

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